Degradation pathway of quinolines in a biofilm system under denitrifying conditions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1821-1828

  Johansen, Sys Stybe ^a   Arvin, Erik ^a   Mosbæk, Hans ^a   Hansen, Asger B ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Degradation products; Denitrifying biofilm; Inhibition of nitrification; Mixed culture; Quinolines

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; ISOQUINOLINE; QUINOLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030751632     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1821:DPOQIA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Brumly, W.C., C.M. Brownrigg and G.M. Brilis. 1991. Characterization of nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds in soil and sediment by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after fractionation. J. Chromatogr. 558:223-233.
2. Pereria, W.E., C.E. Rostad, J.R. Garbarino and M.F. Huit. 1983. Ground-water contamination by organic bases derived from coal-tar wastes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2:283-294.
3. Pereria, W.E., C.E. Rostad, D.M. Updegraff and J.L. Bennett. 1987. Fate and movement of azaarenes and their anaerobic biotransformation products in an aquifer contaminated by wood-treatment chemicals. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 6:163-176.
4. Turney, G.L. and D.F. Goerlitz. 1990. Organic contamination of ground water at gas works park, Seattle, Washington. Ground Water Monit. Remediation 10:187-198.
5. Hollstein, M., R. Talcott and E. Wei. 1978. Quinoline: Conversion to a mutagen by human and rodent liver. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 60:405-410.
6. Nagao, M., T. Yahagi, Y. Seino, T. Sugimura and N. Ito. 1977. Mutagenicities of quinoline and derivates. Mutat. Res. 42:335-342.
7. Tada, M., K. Takahashi, Y. Kawazoe and N. Ito. 1980. Binding of quinoline to nucleic acid in a subcellular microsomal system. Chem. Biol. Interact. 29:257-266.
8. Madsen, E.L., A.J. Francis and J.M. Bollag. 1988. Environmental factors affecting indole metabolism under anaerobic conditions. Appl. Environ. 54:74-78.
9. Ratledge, C., ed. 1994. Biochemistry of Microbial Degradation. Kluwer, London, UK.
10. Shranker, R. and J.-M. Bollag. 1990. Transformation of indole by methanogenic and sulfate-reducing microorganisms isolated from digested sludge. Microb. Ecol. 20:171-183.
11. Miethling, R., V. Hecht and W.D. Deckwer. 1993. Microbial degradation of quinoline: Kinetic studies with Comamonas acidovorans DSM 6426. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 42:589-595.
12. Aislebie, J., A.K. Bej, H. Hurst, S. Rothenburger and R.M. Atlas. 1990. Microbial degradation of quinoline and methylquinolines. Appl. Environ. 56:345-351.
13. Boyd, D.R., A.S. McMordie, H.P. Porter, H. Dalton, R.O. Jenkins and O.W. Howarth. 1987. Metabolism of bicyclic aza-arenes by Pseudomons putida to yield vicinal cis-dihydrodiols and phenols. Chem. Commun. 22:1722-1725.
14. Liu, S.M., W.J. Jones and J.E. Rogers. 1994. Influence of redox potential on the anaerobic biotransformation of nitrogen-heterocyclic compounds in anoxic freshwater sediments. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 41:717-724.
15. Liu, S., W.J. Jones and J.E. Rogers. 1994. Biotransformation of quinoline and methylquinolines in anoxic freshwater sediment. Biodegradation 5:113-120.
16. Johansen, S.S., D. Licht, E. Arvin, H. Mosbæk and A.B. Hansen. 1997. Transformation of quinoline, indole and their methylated analogs by Desulfobacterium indolicum (DSM 3383). Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 47:292-300.
17. Broholm, K., E. Arvin, A. Hansen, K. Hinsby and P. Jergensen. 1995. Biodegradation of heterocyclic aromatic compounds under denitrifying conditions. Groundwater quality: Remediation and protection. Proceedings, Prague Conference, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 15-18, IAHS Publication 225. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 115-123.
18. Licht, D., B. Ahring and E. Arvin. 1996. Anaerobic degradation of heterocyclic compounds in soil samples from a creosote-polluted site. Biodegradation 7:83-90.
19. Arvin E., S. Dyreborg, C. Menck and J. Olsen. 1994. A mini-nitrification test for toxicity screening, MINNTOX. Water Res. 28:2029-2031.
20. Dyreborg, S., E. Arvin, K. Broholm and M. Loefvall. 1995. Biodegradation of creosote compounds coupled with toxicity studies. Proceedings, Third International In Situ and On Situ Bioreclamation Symposium. San Diego, CA, USA, April, 24-27, pp. 213-221.
21. Arvin, E. 1991. Biodegradation kinetics of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons with methane oxidizing bacteria in an aerobic fixed biofilm reactor. Water Res. 25:873-881.
22. Arcangeli, J-P. and E. Arvin. 1995. A membrane de-oxygenator for the study of anoxic process. Water Res. 29:2220-2222.
23. American Public Health Association, American Waterworks Association, and Water Pollution and Control Federation. 1989. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 17th ed. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
24. Johansen, S.S., A.B. Hansen, H. Mosbæk and E. Arvin. 1996. Method development for trace analysis of heteroaromatic compounds in contaminated groundwater. J. Chromatogr. 738:395-403.
25. LaVole, E.J., E.A. Adams, A. Shigematsu and D. Hoffmann. 1983. On the metabolism of quinoline and isoquinoline: Possible molecular basis for differences in biological activities. Carcinogenesis 4:1169-1173.
26. Anacleto, J.F., L. Ramaley, F.M. Benoit, R.K. Boyd and M.A. Quilliam. 1995. Comparison of liquid chromatography interfaces for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic compounds. Anal. Chem. 67:4145-4154.
27. Porter, Q.N. and J. Baldas. 1971. Mass Spectrometry of Heterocyclic Compounds. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA.
28. Schmidt, M., P. Ruger and F. Lingens. 1991. Microbial metabolism of quinoline and related compounds. XI. Degradation of quinoline-4-carboxylic acid by Microbacterium sp. H2, Agrobacterium sp. 1B and Pimelobacter simplex 4B and 5B. Biol. Chem. Hoppe Seyler 372:1015-1020.
29. Bollag, J.M. and J.-P. Kaiser. 1991. The transformation of heterocyclic aromatic compounds and their derivatives under anaerobic conditions. Crit. Rev. Environ. Control 21:297-329.
30. Schultz, T.W., M. Cajina-Quezada and J.N. Demont. 1980. Structure-toxicity relationships of selected nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds. Arch. Environ. Contain. Toxicol. 9:591-598.
31. Katritzky, A.R. 1963. Physical Methods in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 1. Academic, New York, NY, USA.